Roberto De Zerbi said it was hard to accept the way his sorry Albion side crashed 4-0 at Luton Town.

The Seagulls were humbled by a fired-up Hatters outfit who struck twice in the first three minutes and for whom Elijah Adebayo completed a hat-trick.

It was an awful way to go into Saturday’s home game with old foes Crystal Palace, who beat Sheffield United 3-2 this evening.

De Zerbi said: “We are all responsible for this defeat.

“It is very tough to accept and to understand.

“But I think we can learn a lot from this day, this defeat.

“We have to remember very well this day, this defeat but, in the same way, we have to forget.

“We are all responsible - me first of all.

“We didn’t play. Not that we played bad – we didn’t play.”

De Zerbi said it was too early to give information on Joao Pedro, who limped off in the second half.

Luton boss Rob Edwards praised his side’s “relentless” performance and added: “If your keeper only has to make one save against Brighton, you’re doing something right.”